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As an example, Wong points to his work on hybrid gain cells, which are similar to DRAM but use two transistors in each memory cell instead of a transistor and a capacitor.
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IEEE Spectrum, 16 Dec. 2024
As for firing up the flux capacitor to pull a freshman Notre Dame did sign and put him in this class, the smart pick would be Sam Young, who started all 13 games on a BCS team in Weis’ second season.
—Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 26 July 2024
One of Fuse’s ideas is to get a bunch of big capacitors to discharge at once, thus kick-starting a reaction.
—Jaron Lanier, WIRED, 10 Dec. 2024
The new double cryogenic, polypropylene, tin flash, copper capacitors used in the QR SE Series are the result of constant listening, measuring and improvement to get the signature sound of the QR SE.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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IEEE Spectrum, 16 Dec. 2024
As for firing up the flux capacitor to pull a freshman Notre Dame did sign and put him in this class, the smart pick would be Sam Young, who started all 13 games on a BCS team in Weis’ second season.
—Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 26 July 2024
One of Fuse’s ideas is to get a bunch of big capacitors to discharge at once, thus kick-starting a reaction.
—Jaron Lanier, WIRED, 10 Dec. 2024
The new double cryogenic, polypropylene, tin flash, copper capacitors used in the QR SE Series are the result of constant listening, measuring and improvement to get the signature sound of the QR SE.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Capacitor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/capacitor. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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capacitor
noun
ca·pac·i·tor
kə-ˈpas-ət-ər 
: a device for storing electric charge
called also condenser
Medical Definition
capacitor
noun
ca·pac·i·tor
kə-ˈpas-ət-ər
: a device giving capacitance and usually consisting of conducting plates or foils separated by thin layers of dielectric (as air or mica) with the plates on opposite sides of the dielectric layers oppositely charged by a source of voltage and the electrical energy of the charged system stored in the polarized dielectric
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